Marty’s photo of the day #1759: It’s “CC, HP: ESC Month,” featuring photos and excerpts from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Today’s photo is from Antarctica. I call it “The Iceberg Sphinx,” as I think it looks like the Great Sphinx of Giza.

Marty’s photo of the day #1617: My morning routine is all screwed up. For approximately eight months a year, I get up at 6:00 a.m. and go on a bicycle ride. Since we live on a hill at the edge of the mountains, that ride keeps me in shape. Once our hill gets ice on […]